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Friday, October 02, 2015

Crusading N.M. weekly's family wins Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism

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Robert, Ruth and Bob Trapp of the Rio Grande Sun A family that has published a crusading weekly newspaper in a small town in northern N...
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Rural Oregon community where 10 were killed Thursday has long fought for right to bear arms

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In the small towns of Western Oregon—like conservative Roseburg, where 10 people were killed during a shooting at Umpqua Community Colleg...

A defender of horses and a major critic of Obama's Clean Power Plan won't seek re-election

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U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky. A House Republican who has been a champion for horses' welfare and one of the most vocal critics of P...

Court rules against environmental groups' suing EPA over withdrawn rules on farm water data

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A 2013 lawsuit "by a coalition of consumer, environmental and animal rights groups that could have made it easier for those groups to...

Minneapolis Star Tribune series coming Sunday to examine rising death toll on Midwestern farms

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On Sunday the Minneapolis Star Tribune will publish a series entitled "Tragic Harvest," examining the rising death toll on Midwe...

After initially refusing to provide security for Hillary Clinton because of lack of paid overtime, police department relents

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A rural Florida police department that initially refused to provide security for Hillary Clinton on her presidential campaign trail has no...
Thursday, October 01, 2015

Federal court rules Bureau of Land Management lacks authority to regulate fracking on public lands

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A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Obama administration does not have the authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public land...

Johns Hopkins terminates controversial black lung program that was subject of investigative reporting

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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions announced on Wednesday that it has discontinued its black lung program, Jamie Smith Hopkins reports for T...

Muslims in the rural South finding southern hospitality while still dealing with racism

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In the South—the nation's most rural region—"Islam is now the second-most-popular faith (behind Christianity) in every southern s...

Five Iowa counties chosen for year-long project to promote rural traffic safety

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A year-long campaign to increase safety on some of Iowa's most dangerous rural roads kicked off today. The High Five Rural Traffic Saf...

Evangelical leaders launch campaign to promote animal welfare, including in agriculture

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The Humane Society of the United States has teamed up with evangelical Christian leaders to launch Every Living Thing , an initiative ...

Budget cuts force Alabama to close 31 part-time rural DMV offices

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UPDATE, Oct. 19: "In a change of course, Gov. Robert Bentley Friday evening announced that the  Alabama Law Enforcement Agency  would ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Why do leaves change colors, fall? Editor explains

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Every fall leaves change colors, people travel far and wide to see the bright and interesting colors, then the leaves fall off and become...

Are your kids' school foods canned or in plastic? Study suggests that could cause health problems

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Researchers have found that elementary-school children, especially low-income students who are more likely to eat federally funded foods ra...

Colo. among states not producing enough teachers, exacerbating chronic problem in rural areas

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In an example of a national problem, Colorado is not producing enough teachers to fill its vacancies, and the teachers the state does produ...

Odds-on favorite for new House speaker has been good for agriculture, except on immigration

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy The likely candidate to replace John Boehner as speaker of the House could be good for agriculture, reports Agri-Pu...

S.D. tribe to open nation's first marijuana resort

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Atka Lakota Museum & Cultural Center map of South Dakota Indian reservations The Flandreau Santee Sioux, a 400-member tribe on the ...

Famed travel writer Paul Theroux finally writes about the South and gets most of it right, critic says

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A famed American travel writer who has visited most of the world, but until recently had never been to the Deep South , has now published...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

EPA revised Worker Protection Standard prohibits children from handling pesticides

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Children under 18 will be prohibited to handle pesticides, the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday as part of its revised W...

First story in series examines West Virginia's rising epidemic of babies born addicted to drugs

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The number of babies born addicted to drugs in West Virginia is on the rise, Darlene Swiger reports for The Exponent Telegram in the fir...